Since its inception in 2014, the Medway Student Support Fund has disbursed over £500,000 in bursaries to 345 students, extending a lifeline to many from … Read more
Category: Kent Opportunity Fund
The Barry Wright Legacy: supporting scholarships at Kent and enhancing musical experiences
The University of Kent is very grateful to have received a generous legacy from the late Barry Wright. During his lifetime Barry kindly supported both … Read more
£90,000 for Kent Opportunity Fund
This is Laura Thomas-Walters. She is investigating how behavioural research can be better utilised for illegal wildlife trade demand reduction strategies. Her PhD is funded by the … Read more
Graduates Giving Back – the story of Keith Donkor
Keith Donkor (Keynes 2012) is a Mathematics and Accounting & Finance graduate. Keith worked as a student caller on several Telephone Campaigns and has recently committed … Read more
What Katy did next…
After finishing her thesis, 2011 Alumni Postgraduate Scholar Katy Upton got in touch to let us know where she is now – and what life … Read more
Improving Health, wellbeing and diversity in STEM
In 2014, a report published by the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CASE), entitled Improving Diversity in STEM, demonstrated hard and depressing evidence that women, … Read more
Help the Homeless Week!
In spring 2016, the Canterbury Homeless Outreach Society received funding to run a Help the Homeless Week – events raising awareness and funds for homelessness, … Read more
A Wonderful Week of Words
As part of the 2016 Student Project Grants scheme, the UKC Hogwarts Society and Kent Union applied for funding to support J.K Rowling’s charity, … Read more